Question

The second biggest city in India is:
A. Mumbai
B. Punjab
C. Delhi
D. Chennai

Answer 1

Hint: The most major cities in India or if we say the metropolitan cities of India are Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata. Mumbai is the largest city in the country with a metropolitan area population of over 15 million.

Complete answer:In the given question, we have to tell the biggest city in India. Punjab is however a state, so must not be considered. Mumbai is the largest city is followed by Delhi in the second place. Delhi is a city and a union territory of India containing Old Delhi and New Delhi, the capital of India. It is bordered by the state of Haryana on three sides and by the state of Uttar Pradesh to the east. It covers an area of 1,484 square kilometers. The urban area of Delhi now extends beyond the boundaries of the NCT, thus, including some of the neighboring satellite cities namely, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, and Noida in an area which is collectively called the National Capital Region (NCR) and has an estimated population of over 28 million people, making it the world's second-largest urban center after Tokyo according to the United Nations. According to a census held in 2011, the population of the city of Delhi was found to be over 11 million, which is the second-highest in India after Mumbai.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

Note: The recent estimates of the economy of the urban area of Delhi has ranked it as either the most or the second-most productive metro area of the country after Mumbai. It is the second-wealthiest city in India after Mumbai and is home to a total of 18 billionaires and 23,000 millionaires.